Lauteraarhorn

Lauteraarhorn
The Lauteraarhorn seen from the Grimselsee
Highest point
Elevation	4,042 m (13,261 ft)
Prominence	128 m (420 ft) [1]
Isolation	1.0 km (0.62 mi) [2]
Parent peak	Schreckhorn
Coordinates	46°35′00.2″N 8°07′42.3″E / 46.583389°N 8.128417°ECoordinates: 46°35′00.2″N 8°07′42.3″E / 46.583389°N 8.128417°E
Geography
Lauteraarhorn Location in Switzerland
Location	Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Parent range	Bernese Alps
Climbing
First ascent	8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold
Easiest route	rock/snow climb

The Lauteraarhorn is a peak (4,042 m) of the Aarmassif in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies close to the Schreckhorn (to the north) and the Finsteraarhorn (to the south). At the foot of the Lauteraarhorn lie the Lauteraar and the Finsteraar Glaciers, tributaries of the Unteraar Glacier.

The Lauteraarhorn above the Unteraar Glacier

The first ascent was on 8 August 1842 by Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Christian Girard, Arnold Escher von der Linth with the guides Melchior Bannholzer and Jakob Leuthold.

References

1. Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is the Schrecksattel (3,914 m).
2. Retrieved from Google Earth. The nearest point of higher elevation is southeast of the Schreckhorn.

• Dumler, Helmut and Willi P. Burkhardt, The High Mountains of the Alps, London: Diadem, 1994

External links

• The Lauteraarhorn on SummitPost